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M. RAOHLER & I. ROTHZIEGEL.

HEEL FOR BOOTS OR SHOE-S;

No. 317,575. Patented May 12, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIoIIAEL RAOHLER AND IGNAZ EoTHzIEeEL, 0E VIENNA, AUSTRIA- HUNGARY.

HEEL FOR BOOTS 0R SHOES.

SPEQIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,575, dated May 12, 1885.

Application filed February 25, 1884. (No model.) Patentedin Germany May 14, 1882, No. 20,707; in France May 20, 1882, No. 149,005; in England May 26, 1882, No. 2, 500, and in Belgium May 231, 1882, No. 57,927.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MICHAEL RACHLER and IGNAZ ROTHZIEGEL, both citizens of the Empire of Austria-Hungary, and residing at Vienna, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heels for Boots and Shoes, and in the Means for Fasteningthe Same to the Soles, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a novel construction of the heel from metal or metal plate, whereby it will not only be light, but will be cheap and durable, and at the same time, by reason of its peculiarity of structure, be ready for immediate application to the sole of the boot or shoe without the need of nails, pegs, or stitching, as will readily appear from the following description.

Our improved heels, which may be made of any desired form or size, are made of thin or sheet metal, and generally of iron plate. They are made hollow, like a cup or vessel, open at the top,as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 illustrates a form of heel usually known as a straight heel, and Fig. 2 a form for finer grades, and known as a tapering or French heel; but our invention is the same in both;

Our improved heels at their upper part or rim have teeth a cut in them, and these teeth serve as means or devices whereby the heel may be fastened to the boot or shoe sole, and this fastening is effected in the manner following, namely: When the straight heels B (see Fig. 1) are applied, these teeth a are thrust or forced through the outer sole and also through the inner sole, and are then turned down upon the inner sole, and the operation of uniting the heel and shoe together is thus complete.

In the finer grades of boots and shoesas, for instance, where the French heels B (see Fig. 2) are used, or in any case where found desirable-the manner of applying the heel may be varied, and instead of thrusting the points or teeth a through the leather they may be merely turned down on the inner sole.

The hollow part of these heels may be filled up, if desired, with any suitable light stuffs or material-such, for instance, as cork, &c. and the sole or exterior of the heels may be overlaid with leather, 810., in order to make them practically noiseless when in use.

We are aware that hollow heels have been made of cast metal, and that pins have been attached to hollow heels as a means for connecting the same to a shoe; but we are not aware of any instance in which the cup-shaped heelcase has been struck up from sheet metal, and the teeth, capable of being forced into the shoe, have been of sheet metal, and cut in the upper edge of the same piece of sheet metal which constitutes the hollow cupshaped heel.

lVe claim The improved sheet metal heel-ease described, consisting of a cup closed at its bottom and struck from a single piece of sheet metal, and having its top edge out into a series of triangular teeth meeting at their bases and adapted to be driven into and secured to the heel of a boot or shoe, all as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have-signed our names in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MICHAEL RAOHLER. IGNAZ ROTHZIEGEL. Witnesses:

J OSEF FIRAHEST, HENRY DAvIDo. 

